Another flower has grown on the wall quilt. I applique in the evening and the flowers are growing very slowly. The newest flower is a blue trumpet flower. Just to the right is a partial small yellow rose. I’ll finish that tonight. Most of the templates have been cut out for the rest of the flowers. I just need to take a day and sit and tend to the garden. I have changed the flower colors several times. I could finish the quilt faster if I used my first choice of colors.
I don’t have very much fabric, but it is enough to last a long time. Most of the fabric is scraps. There are a few larger pieces. When my stash started to grow, I needed a way to organize what I had. I did not want plastic containers. They are not good for fabric. I wanted the fabric out of the sunlight. I also wanted easy access to the fabric.
Ikea had units with wire drawers. I bought four units. They were easy to put together with a screw driver. The units are very solid when two are placed one on the other. This was perfect for storing fabric.
Most of the fabric is stored by color. Other drawers have panels, pre cuts, or theme fabric. There is a drawer of solid fabric. Also a drawer of plaids and stripes.
In the sewing room, there are two closets.
Behind door #1 is one of the Ikea units. Batting is kept on the floor on one side and stabilizer is on the other side. Backings are hung on hangers. On the shelf are quilt tops that are ready to quilt. You can see that I am a little behind in quilting the tops.
Behind door #2 is the second Ikea unit. Craft bins are on the left. They contain UFO’s that I take out once in a while and work on them. There is a Cynthia English piece that I can work on only for a short time. Then it goes back into the closet. It will be finished someday. The right side contains a bar that I’m going to use some day to hang a design board. Also other things that I might use some day. On the shelf are bins that hold most the wall hangings that I’ve made. Also wall hangings that my friends have made for me. I enjoy looking through them every once in a while.
The drawers of the Ikea unit are removable. I can take them out of the closet to find what I want. If you check the bottom of the unit in door #2, you will notice that the drawer is missing. All the fabric, patterns, and supplies that I need for the wall quilt are in that drawer. It is on the kitchen island. When I want to sit and sew, everything is right there for me. When the wall hanging is finished, I’ll put the leftover fabric back in their proper drawers and use that drawer for the next project.
I’m staying home tomorrow, so I will be able to sew most of the day. That is, when I’m not glancing out the window and watching the workmen across the street.
Have a great day and happy quilting.
It’s December. This year has flown by. My monthly wall hanging has been changed. It’s nice to have a different one on the wall each month. I notice that some of my friends and neighbors have their Christmas decorations in place. I haven’t even thought about it, except to work on the Christmas wall hanging from two years ago. It is almost ready for the binding, so I think it will go on the wall this year. The quilting has made it look much better than I thought it would. I should finish it in the next two or three days and then it will go on the wall and I can bring the Christmas decorations down from the attic.
The Temperature Quilt has eleven months finished now. I can see the colors on the right side changing to the colors on the left side. It makes the quilt look even. It’s not a spectacular quilt, but I like it. It was fun to check the temperature every day. I found that I didn’t use the fabric below 0 degrees or above 100 degrees. Maybe we will have a day this month in the frigid zone. I found a large piece of batique fabric for the second border. The first border is black, the same as the sashing, only a little larger. There is a lot of batique fabric left over. I’ll have to design another quilt to use it up. It seems as if I only make scrap quilts. I do have a challenge quilt to make that is not scraps. I’m looking forward to making that one.
I made nine patches for the smaller piece. I didn’t want to use sashing, so I cut each nine patch in half vertically and horizontally. Then I rotated two of the pieces and sewed them back as a four patch. It made all the colors blend. I need a border for the piece to hold all the colors in. Maybe blue, like the small squares or black. Maybe even white. I’ll audition several fabrics and see which color is best. When I was done, I had two squares left over. I cut them down to 3 1/2″ and put them in the drawer with the others.
When I changed my sewing room from the small office/ library/ sewing room to the guest room, the first thing that I did is have the carpet removed and Pergo installed. I am so glad that I did that. It is so easy to keep the floor clean. No vacuuming up dropped pins. As the room is still the guest room, I bought a day bed. It has three drawers and a trundle bed under it. It is taller than most beds, but is great for sorting and laying out fabric. 
The cutting table has only one leaf up. Plastic drawers on the back hold supplies. A little ruler holder on top holds the small rulers that I use most and the rotary cutter. The larger rulers and pressing supplies are in the large garden bin under the table. Sewing machine instruction manuals ,a few patterns and blank paper are between the drawers. I still have a lot of work to do to get my supplies in the proper drawers. My back was to the overhead light and it was hard to see, so I put the Ott light on the table. It is much easier to cut now. The Ott light also shows the real color of the fabric before I cut. The tool box holds all the gadgets that I just had to have. The blue bin behind everything holds a few UFOs Maybe I will get to them, maybe I won’t. The bureau should be in the office as it used to hold office supplies. Now, It has mile a minute fabric, other fabric that I am gathering for a quilt that I will make in the future. and a lot of junk that I should go through and sort out. I use the wall hanging to pin patterns that I want to make next. Also the strips for the Temperature quilt before I sew it to the main body when the month is over. It’s like a bulletin board.
Miss Molly quilts 